A 70-year-old Schenectady man has died after being struck by a car while leaving a church service on the afternoon of Good Friday, police said.

Gary Amell was crossing Union Street in front of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish at about 1 p.m. when he was struck by a Ford Taurus leaving the church parking lot. Amell was crossing in the crosswalk when Maria Rubonis, 88, of Niskayuna, made a left turn out of the lot and hit Amell, witnesses told police. Both had attended the Friday afternoon church services, witnesses said.